Steve Skripnik
| Job Title: |
Project Engineer |
| Company: |
Limno Tech |
| College: |
University of California, Civil and Environmental Engineering, , Berkeley, CA
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| High School: |
Forest Hills Northern High School, Grand Rapids, MI
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As a project engineer, I provide environmental engineering support for a wide range of water issues including stormwater control, watershed management, water quality modeling, and water quality regulations.
Brian Backer
| Job Title: |
Senior Consultant |
| Company: |
CFI Group |
| College: |
University of Georgia, , Athens, GA
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| High School: |
Marist High School, Atlanta, GA
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I am an experienced researcher and consultant in customer satisfaction, customer loyalty, and utilizing customer feedback programs to drive process improvement and market innovation initiatives. I have a strong background in satisfaction and loyalty measurement as well as in business intelligence and process improvement methodologies including Lean and Six Sigma. My principal responsibilities include research project design, management, and providing consulting on the integration of research findings with operational and financial metrics.
Amanda Borgsdorf
| Job Title: |
Senior Healthcare Consultant |
| Company: |
Karlsberger Healthcare Consulting |
| College: |
University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
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| High School: |
Paw Paw High School, Paw Paw, MI
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KHC does strategic and operational planning for hospitals, on both the business and facilities side. KHC helps clients define their vision, outline performance criteria, establish targets, and create an action plan for improved operational performance. At the strategic level, we work with organization leadership to evaluate the alignment of the entire organization, identify opportunities to balance the operational model and discuss strategies that drive brand positioning – community perceptions, physician attraction, and staff recruitment and retention. At a department or service level, we help clinical leadership identify ‘gaps’ within their current operations that impact efficiency, satisfaction, and financial performance. Our exploration and solutions are based on current best practices within the industry - and beyond, where appropriate - and are balanced to address our clients’ unique culture, context and community expectations.
Alicia Simmer
| Job Title: |
Healthcare Consultant |
| Company: |
Karlsberger Healthcare Consulting |
| College: |
Univeristy of Michigan, Literature, Science, and Arts, Bio-Psychology, Ann Arbor, MI
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| High School: |
Greenhills School, Ann Arbor, MI
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KHC does strategic and operational planning for hospitals, on both the business and facilities side. KHC helps clients define their vision, outline performance criteria, establish targets, and create an action plan for improved operational performance. At the strategic level, we work with organization leadership to evaluate the alignment of the entire organization, identify opportunities to balance the operational model and discuss strategies that drive brand positioning – community perceptions, physician attraction, and staff recruitment and retention. At a department or service level, we help clinical leadership identify ‘gaps’ within their current operations that impact efficiency, satisfaction, and financial performance. Our exploration and solutions are based on current best practices within the industry - and beyond, where appropriate - and are balanced to address our clients’ unique culture, context and community expectations.
Sarah Worsham
| Job Title: |
CEO & Web Strategist |
| Company: |
Sazbean Consulting |
| College: |
Univeristy of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Marketing and Strategy, Ann Arbor, MI
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| High School: |
Detroit Country Day School, Birmingham, MI
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As CEO & Web Strategist of Sazbean Consulting, I am passionate about helping companies and organizations use the Internet effectively to reach their business goals. I have over ten years of experience in the Internet/New Media industry, ranging from business development, strategy, marketing and usability to programming and web systems. I have both a computer engineering and an MBA, which I enjoy using to help businesses understand the Internet and technology. With my husband, Aaron, we blog regularly on Internet Marketing, Strategy & Technology at Sazbean.com.
Alicia Simmer
| Job Title: |
Healthcare Consultant |
| Company: |
Karlsberger Healthcare Consulting |
| College: |
Univeristy of Michigan, Literature, Science, and Arts, Bio-Psychology, Ann Arbor, MI
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| High School: |
Greenhills School, Ann Arbor, MI
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KHC does strategic and operational planning for hospitals, on both the business and facilities side. KHC helps clients define their vision, outline performance criteria, establish targets, and create an action plan for improved operational performance. At the strategic level, we work with organization leadership to evaluate the alignment of the entire organization, identify opportunities to balance the operational model and discuss strategies that drive brand positioning – community perceptions, physician attraction, and staff recruitment and retention. At a department or service level, we help clinical leadership identify ‘gaps’ within their current operations that impact efficiency, satisfaction, and financial performance. Our exploration and solutions are based on current best practices within the industry - and beyond, where appropriate - and are balanced to address our clients’ unique culture, context and community expectations.
Shannon Beeman
| Job Title: |
Business Intake Consultant |
| Company: |
Michigan Small Business & Technology Development Center |
| College: |
Kendall College of Art & Design, Bachelor of Fine Arts, , Grand Rapids, MI
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| High School: |
Chelsea High School, Chelsea, MI
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I am the initial point of contact for all MI-SBTDC small business clients. I provide business consulting services to clients on all aspects of small business start ups and operations. I create and present workshops regarding financing, business plans, and marketing. I created and implemented web marketing strategy for MI-SBTDC Region 12, which increased the Google ranking from page six to page one. I also develop marketing materials including websites, brochures, and weekly e-newsletters.
Jenn Cornell
| Job Title: |
PR Consultant & Co-owner |
| Company: |
Jenn Cornell |
| College: |
Alma College, Communications, Alma, MI
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| High School: |
Belleville High School, Belleville, MI
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I'm living my dream! I help high tech companies with PR and media relations -- everything from key messaging to developing stories to pitching media and then prepping clients for great interviews. I also get to work a lot with social and new media for these clients, and that keeps me on my toes; learning how to best leverage emerging communications opportunities is exciting, especially when it leads directly to increased visibility and brand recognition for my clients.
At Joust Strength + Fitness, I'm fortunate to work with a co-owner, Melissa Gerharter, and a team of people who are passionate about helping people get fit. Not only do I co-run the business, I also instruct CrossFit, boot camp, kettlebell and group cycling classes for people of all shapes, sizes, backgrounds and ages. It's amazing to watch someone achieve what they didn't think was possible or reach a new milestone in their quest for personal fitness.
Alje van Hoorn
| Job Title: |
Business and Life Coach |
| Company: |
Coach Alje |
| College: |
University of Stellenbosch, , Stellenbosch, South Africa
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| High School: |
Diocesan Collage, Cape Town, South Africa
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I inspire small businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals to set personally unreasonable goals, to then take action and achieve meaningful success. I engage in powerful communication that reveals specific needs and the most effective ways and methods of getting these needs met. If you can not answer the following two questions with absolute inner congruence then you probably want to meet with me. 1) What do you want? I mean. What do you REALLY want? 2) What are you doing about it?
Libby Crabb
| Job Title: |
Fundraising and Communications Consultant |
| Company: |
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| College: |
Albion College, History and Women's Studies, Albion, MI
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| High School: |
Forest Hills Northern High School, Grand Rapids, MI
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As a self-employed fundraising and communications consultant, I provide fundraising and communications services-- including grant writing, event planning and donor stewardship-- for nonprofits in the area.
Nick Staroba
| Job Title: |
Communications & Systems |
| Company: |
Stout Systems |
| College: |
Self Taught, , ,
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| High School: |
Grand Blanc High School, Grand Blanc, MI
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I directly assist Stout Systems President, John Stout with his day-to-day business traffic. I also handle the internal systems (Web sites, local server, virtual servers, network, I/P phone system), as well as handle all coordination on our marketing and promotion. This includes typesetting and some graphic design for promo pieces, working directly with printers and coding HTML email newsletters. I expedite the flow of internal and external communications. This includes administering our company blog, managing the company’s social media, creating/maintaining a calendar of local events and user group meetings as well as running my own blog. Recently, I have also been doing Quality Assurance testing on a web-based customer system for a high profile Stout Systems client.